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Researchers Trace Parkinson’s Damage in the Heart
PET scans help visualize mechanisms behind nerve damage common among Parkinson’s patients, could help diagnose the disease ...
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Liposomal Bupivacaine (Bupigel) Demonstrates Minimal Local Nerve Toxicity in a Rabbit Functional Model
Abstract: We previously reported the development of a novel formulation of an ultra-long-acting local anesthetic based on bupivacaine encapsulated in large multivesicular liposomes (Bupisomes) embedded in hydrogel. This formulation (Bupigel) prolonged bupivacaine release from the formulation in dissolution-like studies in vitro and analgesia in vivo in mouse, rat, and pig models. In this study we ...
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Ionis Announces Fda Acceptance Of New Drug Application For Eplontersen For The Treatment Of Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloid Polyneuropathy (Attrv-Pn)
CARLSBAD, Calif., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a New Drug Application (NDA) for eplontersen, an investigational antisense medicine for the treatment of people living with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN). The application has been given ...
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EPA warns online shoppers about illegal, harmful pesticide sales
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it has warned more than 2,800 customers across the United States about risks associated with a banned pesticide in an ant-control product they purchased online through fastpestcontrol.com. The product, Fast Ant Bait, contained mirex, a pesticide that was banned in 1978 because it can cause liver, skin, reproductive and nerve ...
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TX Series added to CoTCCC list of recommended limb tourniquets
RevMedx, Inc., a leader in groundbreaking solutions for the control of severe bleeding, today announced that the CoTCCC has added the TX Series ratcheting tourniquets to its list of recommended Limb Tourniquets. The TX series joins the XSTAT® injectable hemostatic on the TCCC list of recommended hemorrhage control devices for casualty care. Andrew Barofsky, President and CEO of RevMedx, ...
By RevMedx
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Axogen, Inc. to Participate at Jefferies London Healthcare Conference
Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerve injuries, today announced that Karen Zaderej, chairman, CEO and president, will present at the Jefferies London Healthcare Conference. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 4:25 p.m. (11:25 a.m. ET). The presentation will be webcast live and ...
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Axogen, Inc. to Participate at Canaccord Genuity Virtual MedTech, Diagnostics and Digital Health & Services Forum
Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerve injuries, today announced that Karen Zaderej, chairman, CEO, and president, will present at the Canaccord Genuity Virtual MedTech, Diagnostics and Digital Health & Services Forum. The presentation is scheduled for Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The ...
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Axogen, Inc. to Report Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on February 22, 2022
Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerve injuries, today announced that it will report fourth quarter and full-year 2021 financial results on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 after the market closes. Axogen management will host an investment-community conference call and webcast following the release at 4:30 p.m. ET. ...
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Neuraptive Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of a Second IND Application for NTX-001 in the Prevention of Postoperative Facial Paralysis and Plans to Initiate a Phase 2 Clinical Study Later This Year
NTX-001 is a potentially transformative adjunctive treatment for peripheral nerve injuries, using a propriety system for the reconnection of severed nerves. Neuraptive plans to conduct a Phase 2 Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of NTX-001 versus Standard of Care in Treatment and Prevention of Facial Paralysis Requiring Surgical Repair. ...
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Axogen to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferences
Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerve injuries, today announced it will participate in two investor conferences in February. Karen Zaderej, chairman, CEO, and president will participate in a fireside discussion at the BTIG Virtual MedTech, Digital Health, Life Science & Diagnostic Tools Conference on ...
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Medovate Announces Us Distribution Agreement with Mercury Medical® For Safira®
Medovate has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Mercury Medical® for primary distribution of the FDA-cleared device SAFIRA® (SAFer Injection for Regional Anesthesia) across the whole of the United States (US). The agreement also includes the newly launched SAFIRA® Palm Operator which has been launched in the US market to offer anesthesiologists more versatility and ...
By Medovate
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Research Finds Nearly 40% of Diabetes Patients who Suffer a Lower Extremity Amputation Endure Another Within Five Years
Reamputation Rates Have Not Improved Over Two Decades. SOMERVILLE, Mass., June 10, 2021 — Podimetrics, a virtual care management company dedicated to preventing costly and deadly diabetic amputations, today announced results from its latest research, which found patients with diabetes who have an amputation have a 37 percent chance of having reamputation within five years. The ...
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It All Starts With Patient Safety at Medovate
When Medovate was spun out of the National Health Service (NHS) in 2017, one of the key priorities was to ensure that each medical device the company developed added real value to patient safety. The company mission is to “improve patient care and safety by supplying innovative Medtech solutions inspired by clinicians and developed in partnership with the NHS.” Through a unique ...
By Medovate
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World Diabetes Day
An estimated 415 million people are living with diabetes in the world. Diabetes is a chronic disease, that causes blood sugar levels in your body to become too high, either due to your body not being able to respond properly to insulin or due to your body not being unable to produce any at all. If left untreated, this can lead to serious complications such as heart attack, stroke, obesity, eye ...
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Gyroscope Therapeutics and the University of Pennsylvania Announce Research Agreement to Develop Gene Therapies for Serious Eye Diseases
LONDON – Friday 18 December 2020 – Gyroscope Therapeutics Limited, a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on diseases of the eye, today announced the company has entered a sponsored research agreement with the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics (CAROT) to develop gene therapies for serious eye diseases that can lead ...
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Axogen sponsors 2022 Donate Life Rose Parade® Float to help raise awareness of organ and tissue donation
Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or transection to peripheral nerves, announced today that nerve repair patient Christopher (Chris) Brown has been selected to ride on the 2022 Donate Life Rose Parade Float. Additionally, organ and tissue donor Paul Flanders will be honored through a floragraph that will adorn the ...
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US farmworkers sue to block use of four toxic pesticides
A coalition of farmworker advocates and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday, seeking to force a halt to the use of four organophosphate pesticides. Some of these pesticides have been detected in California's rural schoolyards and homes, Sequoia National Park, and Monterey Bay. The four organophosphates at issue in the case are methidathion, ...
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This year`s Medical Innovation Summit will highlight neurosciences innovation
Thousands of researchers, investors, entrepreneurs and those who are simply curious will descend upon the Cleveland Convocation Center October 26-28 for Cleveland Clinic Innovations Medical Innovation Summit. This year’s theme, The Neurosciences: Memory. Mood. Movement, will cover all aspects of the human brain and how it functions and malfunctions. “This is our marquee event,” ...
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Vertex to Present New Data on VX-880 Clinical Trial at 82nd American Diabetes Association Annual Conference
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced three abstracts, including two oral presentations and one poster, detailing data on type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its Phase 1/2 trial of VX-880, a stem cell-derived, fully differentiated pancreatic islet cell replacement therapy, have been accepted for presentation during the American Diabetes Association 82nd Annual Scientific ...
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Leonhardt’s Launchpads Accelerator to Showcase Eight Innovation Assets and Startups At 2022 Demo Day
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 16th, 2021 /PRDistribution/ — Leonhardt’s Launchpads announced today that they will showcase eight graduates of their innovation and startup launch accelerator program on a Demo Day. The event will occur both in person and virtually on Friday, January 14, 2022, at 3 pm PT at UCI Research Park, University Lab Partners, 5270 California Avenue, Suite 300, Irvine, CA ...
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